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J. W. HORNE.

BLANK BOOK. No. 393,506. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN W. HORNE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLANK-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 393,506, dated November 27, 1888.

Application filed June .27, 1887. Serial No. 242.599. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN V. HORNE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassa chusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blank, Entry, and other Like Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, formingapartof thisspecification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates, especially, to the arrangement in journals, lodgers, entry, blank, and similar books ofleavcs in the book adapted to be reduced in width by the removal of a portion thereof, which leaves have a line of perforations extending from the top to the bottom to assist in the removal of such parts thereof, and which are interposed, preferably, in regular order between full or unperforated leavesas, for instance, first a full leaf and then a leaf adapted to be narrowed by the removal of a longitudinal section thereof, then a full leaf, and then a leaf adapted to be narrowed, and so on; or the leaves adapted to be narrowed may be separated from each other by two or three or more full leaves, or two or more leaves adapted to be narrowed may be arranged in consecutive order and adapted to be separated from two or more ofthe same kind by a full leaf or a leaf not perforated.

The object of this part of the invention is to enable entries, accounts, &c., to be entered in horizontal lines on three or more pages without transferring the names of the persons, firms, or corporation, items, or things under which the items are entered from the original place of entry. For instance, supposing the book to be used as a ledger or a book of summaries, the names of the persons, firms, corporations, or things with which the accounts are kept are entered in the left-hand column or side of an unperforated page upon the left-hand page. This will permit the remainder of that page and also all the opposite page to the line of perforations to be utilized for the reception of such items as it may be desired to enter upon them in horizontal lines, the entry of said items to be continued upon new or additional pages without transferring the names from the name-column of the first page, it being necessary in order to accomplish this to remove the section of the second page which is beyond the line of the perforations, and this removed portion of the page is of a width of the portion of the first page, upon which is entered the names of the persons, &c.

I have represented the invention as applied to a book having four divisions upon two opposing pages, and these four divisions are subdivided into as many separate columns as may be desired. For the purpose of book-keeping each one of these subdivisions may be used for a month of a year, and in such case there would be two perforated pages between two full or unperforated pages, so that upon the six pages thus provided there would be thirteen columns-a column for each month and an additional column for asunnnary, which can be used or not, as desired.

My invention further relates to a book having a column for names and having the lines of said column numbered or otherwise designated consecutively from the upper line to the lowermost line in one or more places, and also the same lines of the right page at the left margin thereof, and, if desired, at the right margin and in the same manner the pages following numbered or designated in the same way. This enables me to follow one account or line across the two pagesthat is, the right and left pagesand also to follow the lines upon the two pages followin 3y numbering the lines in this way I can always easily ascertain whether the lines register with the names in i the names-colrnnn, and not only this, but I am also enabled to find the proper lines quickly in any other part of the page, as it does not then become necessary to follow the lines across from the name, for by simply keeping the number of the line in mind I can readily refer to it on the same or opposite page. Not only this, but the use of the numbered lines gives opportunity for indexing by line, or the transfor of items by line as well as by page, which is often very useful.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a book having features of my invention, wide open, a portion of the pages on the right side being removed or broken out. Fig. 2 is a View in perspective of the book wide open, also rcpresenting two leaves on the right side shortened by'the removal of the section b. Fig. 3 is an end view of the book closed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an unperforated leaf. It has the names-column a.

B is a leaf opposite leaf A, and it has the longitudinal line of perforations b, by which the section b of the page is adapt-ed to be readily removed from it. The two pages are divided by the lines 0 into six columns. One is for the names-column, and four columns are used in any way desired, either for month-entries or otherwise, and the right column of the perforated page may or may not be used, and is removed from the page when it becomes necessary to use the next page in order.

I have already intimated that as many perforated leaves between the unperforated may be used as desired.

I have represented in the figures the lines of the leaf A, numbered in the left-handv margin and also in the right-hand margin, and the leaf B also has its lines numbered in the left and right margin, the right-hand margin being of course to the left of the perforations, and the pages on the opposite side of the perforated leaf alsorhave their lines numbered to correspond with the numbers of the lines in the namescolumn of the leaf A. I do not restrict myself to this especial location of these indicating-numerals; neither do I confine myself to the use of numerals, as letters may be employed for the same purpose, although I prefer numerals for most purposes. I also employ a new method of numbering the leaves, which involves the numbering only of the unperforated leaves and carrying forward the number of the leaf having the names-column to the back of the next unperforated leaf in order. For instance, in the figures the unperforated leaf A is paged as 2, and the right page, when opened, of the next unperforated leaf in order is also numbered 2, and between these two pages, each numbered 2, are two perforated pages or leaves which are unnumbered.

It will be observed that the book, after the removal of the removable sections of the perforated pages, will have alternately wide and comparatively narrow pages.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A blank-book having full leaves of the same or substantially the same width, a part of which are provided near their outer edges with longitudinal lines of perforations?) to form removable margins and the rest of which are unperforated, the perforated and unperforated leaves being interposed between each other throughout the book with one or more of the perforated leaves between the unperforated ones, substantially as set forth.

2. A blank-book composed of a series of leaves of a similar width, a part of said leaves being provided near their outer edges with longitudinal or up-and-down lines of perforations to form removable margins, the other part of the said leaves being unperforated, the perforated and unperforated leaves being alternated or interposed between each other throughout the book, with one or more of the perforated leaves between the unperforated ones, and the saidunperforated leaves being provided with the same page designations or numbers on their opposing pages, substantially as set forth.

JOHN W. HORNE.

In presence of F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, J. M. DOLAN. 

